So by now, you probably know that CSUN’s Institute for Sustainability is working with administration on the last details to start a Farmers Market on campus. If this is news to you, then check out this story that was published by the “Daily Sundial” on Monday :  No Farmers Market till next semester for CSUN. Unfortunately, the project has been pushed back because of the budget crisis. Ahh, another effect from the budget crisis! During the summer break, I found out CSUN was going to have… Read more

With the California State University budget crisis affecting our education and making it harder for us to graduate on time, it is disheartening to see the many reactions that students, faculty and professors are having toward the whole situation. First, it was a 10 percent fee hike that turned into a 30 percent slap in the face as classes began to disappear left and right. The difficult decision that faculty and professors had to take did not help the situation… Read more

The chance for CSUN students to purchase fresh, organic produce on campus is coming. But for now, they will have to wait a little bit longer. A Farmers Market for the CSUN community has been in the works since last semester according to Erica Wohldmann, an assistant professor in the psychology department who is a part of CSUN’s Greening Project and is one of the masterminds behind a plan to improve CSUN’s carbon footprint. The Market — which was approved… Read more

An L.A. Times article titled “Sierra Club’s top 20 eco-friendly colleges include 3 in California” recently caught my attention. Of course, the first university I thought about was not CSUN but UC Berkley. I think it’s the hippie vibe that they exude up north that made me think of them. Berkley ranked eighth. And in case you’re wondering CSUN did not make the list but this is actually not a bad thing. In fact, there was only one Cal State… Read more

CSUN students will be switching over to Gmail during the 2009 fall semester. “The transition is near completion,” said Chris Xanthos, senior director for Project Management and Application Services. “We are finalizing the details. Our target is to switch over mid fall semester.” Xanthos planned to transition to the new e-mail system by the end of the 2009 spring semester but pushed the date back to make sure the transition ran smoothly, he said. CSUN will be following in the… Read more

Business law students will be able to choose between e-books and traditional hardcopy textbooks this semester after the business law department reached an agreement with publishers. “The department is aware of the burden it is for students to buy textbooks and so we are facing this head-on by implementing electronic textbooks,” said Michael Chaplin, an assistant professor who will be teaching three sections of Business Law II this semester. The e-books will be available for all core classes including Business… Read more

As faculty and professors from different California State University (CSU) campuses met with California Faculty Association (CFA) leaders for a question-and-answer session at CSUN, bickering and twittering took place. But in the end many vowed to take action. More than 75 faculty and professors attended the event, which was held in the Orange Grove Bistro. Many more that were not able to attend followed the discussion on Twitter. The session was meant to be spent answering technical questions regarding faculty… Read more

CSU Chancellor Charles B. Reed did not attend an event on education hosted by CSUN where students planned to protest tuition hikes and furloughs. Reed had been scheduled to attend the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans, held at the Orange Grove Bistro; the event was attended by a diverse audience of about 135 people expecting him to be there. Instead, the community conversation was led by the initiative’s Executive Director Juan Sepulveda and CSUN President Jolene… Read more